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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who keep saying “Give your child a sibling - it’s the best thing to do so they won’t be alone later in life” clearly do not have issues in their extended families.

My brother has descended into mental illnesses in the past few years, abandoned his wife and teenage son, and had estranged himself from me and my parents.

There is no guarantee that you will like your adult sibling, let alone that they will even be alive to support you in adulthood. Have a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th...) if that’s what you - as the adult parents - believe is best for your family and it makes you happy.

But this idea that you MUST have a 2nd to give your 1st child and sibling is just so disconnected from the messy reality that is familial relations. [/quote]

Yes if you as a parent want another baby and to raise another child then have another kid (or more).  But to have a child for the first child is literally crazy unless you have never had any friends and heard sibling horror stories.

About half of the friends I have with siblings have either nonexistent or terrible relationships with their siblings.  Many live in another country or on the other coast.  There truly has been NO benefit to them of having a sibling.  [/quote]

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